7:21 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that the side’s defensive worries are easing with Joel Matip back in full training ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League match against Atalanta. Midfielder Fabinho, who has been deputising at centre-back, limped off against FC Midtjylland with a hamstring injury and with Virgil van Dijk out for
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8:01 AM ET Barcelona have intensified their interest in Benfica striker Darwin Nunez as they search for a replacement for Luis Suarez, sources have told ESPN. Nunez, 21, was a target last summer in the weeks before Suarez left Camp Nou for Atletico Madrid. Barca held informal discussions on signing him and sending him on
8:45 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said Sergio Aguero will not be rushed back from injury to face Liverpool, even if it means facing Jurgen Klopp’s side without a striker. Aguero has sat out the last two games with a muscle problem and will
9:22 AM ET Alex Kirkland Zinedine Zidane has denied he fears for his future as Real Madrid coach if the team fail to beat Inter Milan in their must-win Champions League clash on Tuesday. Madrid are bottom of Group B with one point after losing 3-2 to Shakhtar Donetsk and drawing 2-2 with Borussia Monchengladbach
8:00 AM ET He may be in his 40th year, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is sitting pretty at the top of the Serie A goal-scoring charts after finding the net for AC Milan in typically acrobatic fashion on Sunday. The veteran striker popped up with a vital 87th-minute winner in Milan’s 2-1 victory at Udinese (stream
6:42 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer market unlike any before it, but there were still plenty of deals done, and you can check out the major ones here. The window might be closed across the top leagues in Europe, but here are the best rumours from around the
5:26 PM ET Jose Mourinho started the week by claiming Gareth Bale is “arriving” at something approaching his old self. Now, he’s arrived — but not quite in the way we imagined. The 31-year-old’s first goal of his second coming at Tottenham handed them a 2-1 win over Brighton, settling a game that would otherwise
2:40 PM ET Paul Pogba has said that his “stupid mistake” was the reason for Manchester United’s 1-0 defeat against Arsenal at Old Trafford — a loss which saw the club record their worst start to a season at home for 48 years. Pogba’s second-half foul on Arsenal wing-back Hector Bellerin resulted in referee Mike
4:13 PM ET Gareth Bale came off the bench to head the winner for Tottenham Hotspur in a 2-1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on Sunday, his first goal since returning to the club from Real Madrid. – How VAR has affected every Premier League club this season The Welshman
11:39 AM ET (Adds details) LA SPEZIA, Italy, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo made an immediate impact on his return from a COVID-19 infection on Sunday, scoring three minutes after coming on as a substitute before converting a penalty to lead Juventus to a 4-1 Serie A win at Spezia. The Serie A champions,